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Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA CSA

9,948,744 Population
12,639.4 square miles 787.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.3 ±0.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Maryland: 39.3 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$51,218 ±$422 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Maryland: $46,500 ±$509
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$100,052 ±$805 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Maryland: $90,203 ±$1,065
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

9.5% ±0.3% (922,212  ±29,419) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maryland: 10.3% 618,372 (±0.4% / ±24,989)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

29.7 minutes ±0.2 (107,392,656  ±1,153,522) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Maryland: 29.3 67,981,576 (±0.2 / ±930,492)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 25.6 3,247,967,500 (±0 / ±6,621,416)

Families

3,793,928 ±8,285 Number of households
  • Maryland: 2,355,652 ±6,143
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
2.6 ±0 (9,757,980  ±6,114) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Maryland: 2.6 6,027,375 (±0)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

5.1% ±0.3% (123,040  ±6,591) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Maryland: 5.3% 76,893 (±0.4% / ±5,218)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

4,042,084 ±2,655 Number of housing units
  • Maryland: 2,546,364 ±423
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$427,800 ±$2,796 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Maryland: $370,800 ±$2,525
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

13% ±0.3% (1,283,389  ±33,252) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 11.7% 712,481 (±0.5% / ±27,661.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

91.8% ±0.6% (6,305,572  ±39,306.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Maryland: 91.1% 3,892,442 (±0.7% / ±31,482.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
48.5% ±0.4% (3,326,807  ±27,523.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 42.6% 1,818,202 (±0.5% / ±21,033.8)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

23% ±0.2% (2,139,994  ±13,513.2) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 19.5% 1,125,826 (±0.2% / ±10,132.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 21.7% 67,203,430 (±0.1% / ±183,279.2)

18.2% ±0.2% (1,811,332  ±23,055) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 15.9% 979,051 (±0.3% / ±17,853)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

7.5% ±0.2% (568,660  ±12,034) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 7% 332,591 (±0.2% / ±8,749)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
568,660 Total veterans ±12,034 484,839 Male ±10,477 83,821 Female ±4,767

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